Phil Scott

Phil Scott (4 August 1958-) was Governor of Vermont (R) from 5 January 2017, succeeding Peter Shumlin.

Biography
Phil Scott was born in Barre City, Vermont in 1958, and he was a successful entrepreneur before serving in the State Senate from 2001 to 2011 and as Lieutenant Governor from 2011 to 2017, serving as a Republican. In 2016, running on a centrist platform of fiscal conservatism and social liberalism, Scott was elected Governor, and he was re-elected in 2018.